History and exploration of coal

Part II-Human involvement Past, Present, and

Future

Ancient China 1000-900 B.C

First Uses of Coal- Greece 371-280 B.CTheophrastus

Ancient Romans, Britain, and Coal oh my

100-200 A.D

Native Americans 1300s Hopi Indians

Coal in the Industrial Revolution and Beyond

Why coal was so desperately needed during the 1700 and 1800s

Early Mines or witless death traps?

Hell’s Bells

Inventions that developed through the use of coal

Thomas Savery Steam Engine

Thomas Newcoman Steam Engine

James Watt

and

Robert Fulton

First Locomotives

Inside a coal run locomotive

Steamships

USS Eolus

Inside a steam ship

Coal in the Modern World:Mining, Processes, Power Plants,

Electricity, Pollution, and Reforms

Coal Miner

THOSE ARE TUNGSTEN CARBIDE DRILL BITS

Surface and Underground mining

Strip Mine

Long Wall Mining

Continuous

Liquefaction of Coal “Fischer-Tropsch”Sinister Origins

http://www.coaleducation.org/miningtv/ctl.htm

Coal’s main purpose in today’s world

Transportation:Rail, Barge, or “slush line”

Coal fired power plant

The Polemics of Pollution(1952)

Cleaner Coal and the role of scrubbers